Friday, October 28th

Happy Halloween!!  Enjoy the slideshow from Team Independence!

Wednesday, October 26th

 

Today we kicked off our Olweus Program by having our first class meetings!

This afternoon we had our Terra Nova Testing.

Homework:

Spelling - humorous story with 20 spelling words due tomorrow

Social Studies- map of Africa test tomorrow

Science- test tomorrow

Tuesday, October 25th

A special "Happy Birthday" to Carly who treated our class with a beautiful cupcake cake! The icing was a huge hit! We hope that Carly has a special day!

We also had a great kick-off to the Olweus program! There were inspirational videos and speeches to motivate us to keep our school bully-free!

Homework:
Spelling Paragraph due Thursday
Comprehension Questions due tomorrow for room 202 (April's Mud)
Comprehension Questions 1-5 due for room 204 **Both rooms, use quotes from the story to support your answers!

Monday, October 24th

All this week, Team Independence will be focusing on being Drug-Free!  We have a busy week filled with the following activities:

Tuesday:  Wear Camouflage or Black Day/ Olweus Kick-off in the afternoon

Wednesday:  Bring in a canned good/ Terra Nova Testing in the afternoon

Thursday:  Team Jersey Day/Terra Nova Testing in the afternoon

Friday:  Blue and Gold Day/ Halloween Parade in the afternoon (bring costumes and change in Exploratory)

Homework:  Spelling words missed, 3 x's each

                     Write your spelling words in a humorus paragraph, due Thursday, 20 points

                      Spelling Test Friday

Social Studies:  Africa Map Test Thursday.  Please study!!

Science:  Study Guide (front and back), Test on Thursday

Tuesday, October 19th

Social Studies are beginning to learn about Africa!

Homework:

Social Studies:  Label map of Africa and complete Key Places

Science:  Finish study guide and main idea study guide

Monday, October 17th

Sedimentary Rocks was the focus of our labs today in Science Class.

Homework:

Spelling:  3x's each; ABC order due Thursday; Test on Friday

Writing:  Complete 2nd revision on Rule for tomorrow.  Remember to use vivid adjectives.

Social Studies:  Read pages 9-14 and complete Key Words

Friday, October 14th

Have a wonderful weekend!  Good luck to all the Canon-Mac teams in their games this weekend!  

If you want to study spelling words, they are "April's Mud" list on Spelling City.

No homework

October 13th

In writing today, we are creating our own explanations of the rules that our parents make!  With great humor and description, we are bringing our stories to life!

Homework:
Math: pages 41-43, 1-40;  workbook 1-13, R and P side
Science:  worksheet, front and back
Spelling:  Test Tomorrow!
Writing:  complete your rough draft on your rule
Reading:  four worksheets on prefix/suffix/antonyms/synonyms

Wednesday, October 12th

Today we had an informational assembly about fire safety from our local fireman, our heroes!  They provided us with useful information on how to prevent fires and what happens when a fire starts.

Homework:
Spelling worksheet due tomorrow
Grammar:  Subject/ Verb sheets due tomorrow (make sure Mrs. Haddox checks them)
Math:  Coach book pages 48-49 and 82-83
Science:  worksheet vocab only

Tuesday, October 11th

In Reading today, we are learning what parts make up a word!  How quickly the meaning can change by adding a suffix or a prefix!

Homework:
Spelling Test Friday, Spelling Worksheet due Thursday
Reading (202):  6+1 Traits pages 4-5; (204) Write 10 Rules for The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups
Math:  Test tomorrow:  Practice workbook P1-11 (1-14) do not do the R side; Textbook page 21, 4-8; Textbook page 68 Set 1-9 # 1-4, Set 1-10 #1-6; Textbook page 72 Set 1-9 #1-5, Set 1-10 # 1-11
Science: Test tomorrow

Monday, October 10th

What a beautiful fall weekend we had! I hope that you and your family enjoyed the sunshine!
In Reading today, we took our spelling pretest, reviewed our new words, and started to prepare for our benchmark.  Main idea, theme, summary, and main details were all discussed and modeled in class.

Homework:
Spelling:  Test Friday; write missed words 3x's each, worksheet due Thursday
Social Studies: Tuesday, World Map Test
Math:  Properties Test tomorrow
Science:  Wednesday test on Chapter 8 (Rocks)

Friday, October 7th

Today in class, the students in Team Independence are learning about Africa.  We surveyed many maps and discussed location and climate.  On Tuesday of next week, we will be having a world map test.  Students are coming home with a study guide to help them prepare.
Team Independence has also been blessed with a i Pad!   The students have already enjoyed reading and playing educational games on it.  We will be using it in our studies to come.

Hope that you have a great weekend!

Homework:
Social Studies:  Test Tuesday on World Map
Math:  Test Tuesday

Tuesday, October 4th

Today Team Independence revised their paragraphs about Jonathan's soccer game.  We will be reviewing how to create a good sentence using subjects and verbs tomorrow.

Homework:
Spelling ABC Order due Thursday
Spelling Test Friday
Writing (202) finish hamburger paragraphs
Science complete worksheet

Monday, October 3rd

Are you hungry for a good paragraph??? The students from Team Independence are!  Today in writing, the students viewed a flip chart that reviewed the parts of a paragraph.  We talked about how not only do we need the bun (topic sentence and conclusion sentence) to hold everything together, but we need some ingredients to make the burger more appetizing.  The meat, cheese, lettuce, and ketchup represent all the juicy details we can add to our paragraph.  After viewing a video about Jonathan's soccer game, the students were asked to create a "juicy" paragraph detailing what happened.

Homework:
Reading:  Skills test tomorrow on Teammates
Writing:  Finish hamburger writing on Jon's video (202); finish hamburger paragraph (204)
Spelling:  Put words in ABC order for Thursday,  test Friday
Math:  Monster Math